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Guidelines for Article Contributors in Mataoleo: Journal of English Education and

Linguistics

Mataoleo Journal accepts articles of research on English language teaching and learning and
linguistics which have not been published or are under consideration elsewhere.
Technical Articles should consist of more or less 6.000 words (excluding references) and be
specifications typed in MSWord doc. Format. The articles are typed in Cambria 11 with 1.15 space.
of article body All sections of article body are written without heading and justified. No indent for
the first paragraphs and do not leave a space between the paragraphs. The following
paragraphs are intended first line 0.75cm. All margins (Top, Bottom, Left, and Rigt)
are 2.5 cm.
● Introduction merged with literature review (25% of the article)
● Method (15% of the article)
● Finding and Discussion (50% of the article)
● Conclusion (10% of the article)

Types of Conceptual Articles

Article Conceptual articles should include: (a) Title; (b) Full name of contributor(s) without
title(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es); (c) Abstract; (d) Keywords; (e)
Research Highlights (f) Introduction; (g) Body text; (h) Conclusion; (i)
Acknowledgements (if any) and (h) References.

Research-Based Articles
Research-based articles should contain: (a) Title; (b) Full name of contributor(s)
without title(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es); (c) Abstract; (d) Keywords; (e)
Research Highlights (f) Introduction merged with Literature Review; (g) Method; (h)
Findings and Discussion; (i) Conclusions and Suggestions; (j) Acknowledgements (if
any); (k) References; and (l) Appendix (if any).
Body Matter

Introduction Introduction demonstrates the rationale of the study. It expounds the importance of
the study, the emerging problems or gaps, the State of the Art (SOTA), and the aim(s)
of the study to address the problems/gaps. Present tense is used in this section.
Literature Literature Review discusses the related theories and research as a basis conceptual
Review framework of the study. Present tense is used in this section.
Method (for Method describes what was done. It elaborates respondents, instruments, data
research-base collection techniques and procedures, and data analysis of the study. Trustworthiness
d articles) should also be presented in a qualitative research method. Past tense is used in this
section.
Findings Findings present the data that were found, discovered, observed, or calculated. Past
tense is used in this section.
Discussion Discussion shows the juxtaposition of the facts/data found in the findings put in the
context of previous related studies. It should also be correlates with the related
theories. Present tense is used in this section.
Conclusion Conclusion demonstrates the summary of principal findings, and it should relate to
the aim(s) of the study. Implications and/or significance of the findings may also be
discussed. Present tense is used in this section.
Acknowledge Acknowledgements describe the people or institution(s) contributing to the study in
-ments terms of the completion or giving a fund for the study.
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References References should consist of 75% (primary sources from up-to-date Journal
Articles) and the rest of 25% is from other sources such as books, theses,
dissertations, etc. The references also refer to American Psychological Association
(APA) style 7th Edition. The use of Reference Manager like Mendeley, Refworks,
or Zotero is highly recommended.

Examples:
Bale, J. (2016). Language proficiency in an era of accountability: Using the target
language to learn how to teach. Journal of Teacher Education, 67(5), 392-407.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487116667196
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2007). Research methods in education (6th Eds.).
Oxon: Routledge.
Cynx, J., Williams, H., & Nottebohm, F. (1992). Hemispheric differences in avian song
discrimination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 89,
1372-1375.
Song, S. Y. (2015). Teachers’ beliefs about language learning and teaching. In M.
Bigelow & J. Ennser-kananen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Educational
Linguistics (pp. 263–275). New York and Oxon: Routledge.

For the complete guidelines for references, the author(s) can go to the website of
APA http://www.apastyle.org/
Technical specifications of citation, table, and figure based on APA Style 6th Edition
Citation 1) Use the author’s name and year (Author, 2017) for in-text citation. If you want
to insert direct quotation, the provide page number (Author, 2017, p.27)
2) For a reference with up to three authors, use all the names in the first instance
(Author1, Author 2, Author 3, Author 4 & Author 5, 2018), and then use the first
author et al. subsequently (Author 1 et al., 2018)
3) If you are citing more than one reference, put them in alphabetical order (Alpha,
2007; Beta, 2009; Charlie,2017)
4) DO NOT USE FOOTNOTE.

Table Table is typed in Times New Roman Font 10. (1) Place the words “Table 1/2/3...and
so on” in Align Text Left. (2) Below the words “Table 1/2/3..and so on”, type the title
of the table, still Align Text Left. (3) Below the title, place the table (justify). To give
illustration, the following is the example of Table 3.

Table 3
Reliability Statistics of Instrument of Beliefs towards the English Language
Cronbach's Alpha N of Items
.839 23

Note: DO NOT FORGET TO CALL/MENTION THE WORD “TABLE 1/2/3....” IN THE

TEXT (For an example, “The result was higher than 0.7 as seen in Table 3 below”.

Figure Figure is typed in Times New Roman Font 10. The word “Fig” followed by Number
and title are placed below the figure, Align Text Left. In addition, the figure per se is
placed in a center. The following is the illustration.
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World Internet Users

Note: DO NOT FORGET TO CALL/MENTION THE WORD “Figure 1/2/3....” IN THE

TEXT (For an example, “The figure 1 demonstrates the world internet users, it
reveals that .............”.
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Title Should Portray General Issues Addressed in The Study, No Locality ,
No More than 15 Words, Font Size Cambria 12, Bold, Left Align, Capitalize
Each Word

First Author (Cambria 11, space 1)

Affiliation (Institution, Country, Cambria 10)
e-mail (Cambria 10)

Second and Other Authors (Cambria 11, space 1)

Affiliation (Institution, Country, Cambria 10)
e-mail (Cambria 10)

Article History ABSTRACT: An abstract is written not more than 200 words. Cambria 11.
Received: It encompasses at least a problem/an existing gap being addressed, aim,
Reviewed: method, principal findings, and main conclusion. Present tense is used for
Accepted: conceptual articles and Past tense is used for research-based articles.
Published:

Highlights Keywords: 3-5 keywords, Cambria

Show the highlights of 11.
your research findings
using simple sentences,
using bullet library,
Cambria 11.

Introduction

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References
Examples:
Bale, J. (2016). Language proficiency in an era of accountability: Using the target language
to learn how to teach. Journal of Teacher Education, 67(5), 392-407.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487116667196
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2007). Research methods in education (6th Eds.).
Oxon: Routledge.
Cynx, J., Williams, H., & Nottebohm, F. (1992). Hemispheric differences in avian song
discrimination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 89, 1372-1375.
Song, S. Y. (2015). Teachers’ beliefs about language learning and teaching. In M. Bigelow
& J. Ennser-kananen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Educational Linguistics
(pp.
263–275). New York and Oxon: Routledge.

For the complete guidelines for references, the author(s) can go to the website of APA
http://www.apastyle.org/